result

result is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To leap back; to rebound. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To leap back; to rebound.
2. intransitive verb. To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; -- followed by in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil.
3. intransitive verb. To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor.
4. noun. A flying back; resilience.
5. noun. That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as, the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation.
6. noun. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
7. noun. the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause
8. noun. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

   "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"

   "the answers were in the back of the book"

   Synonyms: answer, resolution, solution, solvent

9. noun. something that results

   "he listened for the results on the radio"

   Synonyms: outcome, resultant, termination

10. noun. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

    "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"

    "his decision had depressing consequences for business"

    Synonyms: consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, upshot

11. verb. come about or follow as a consequence

    "nothing will result from this meeting"

12. verb. issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end

    "result in tragedy"

    Synonyms: ensue

13. verb. have as a result or residue

    "The water left a mark on the silk dress"

    "Her blood left a stain on the napkin"

    Synonyms: lead, leave

Synonyms

answer, resolution, solution, solvent, outcome, resultant, termination, consequence, effect, event, issue, upshot, ensue, lead, leave

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in result:

luster, lustre, rustle, sutler, ulster

Common word forms

results, resulted, resultful, resulting, resultless

Words from these letters

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